SEA VIEW - Repeal of the New York SAFE Act will be among the topics when the Richmond County Tea Party Patriots group hosts an educational forum on Second Amendment gun rights on Wednesday.

The forum will be held beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Berkinow Jewish Community Center, 1466 Manor Rd., Sea View.

Speaking will be Stephen J. Aldstadt, president of the Shooters Committee on Political Education, a pro-Second Amendment advocacy group.

"People are annoyed at what they view as an attack on the Second Amendment," said group president Richard Bell, who is looking to run for Congress on the Libertarian Party line this year. "They are tired of Second Amendment rights being infringed upon."

The SAFE Act bans high-capacity magazines and the sale of many semi-automatic firearms and requires those who already own such weapons to register them with authorities.

The law has caused stiff opposition against Cuomo in upstate areas with strong hunting and gun cultures.

New York voters support the measure by nearly a 2-to-1 margin, according to Siena College poll in March. Support in New York City was overwhelming and strong in the surrounding suburbs. Upstate New York is alone in its opposition, which the poll puts at 52 percent.